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HAND SEEDING MACHINE. (Application md oct. 29, 1900.)

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^ UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

JAMES A. EVERI'IT, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

HAND SEEDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,182, dated June 11, 1901.

Application filed October 29, 1900. Serial No. 34,794. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAMES A. EVERITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the countyjof Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Seeding-Ma chines, of which the following is a specification. Y

The object of this invention is to simplify and cheapen the construction of the seedthrowing arms and to provide a compact and durable mechanism thoroughly and substantially braced for driving the same, to provide a seed-holding sack or receptacle with a hoppered outlet at the middle of its bottom, and to provide means for regulating thesize of the discharge-opening. The object also is to provide a machine complete in all of its parts, which while being durable can be produced and sold at small cost.

I accomplish the objects 'of theinvention by the mechanism illustrated in the accolnpan ying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a left side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, an under side view of same; Fig. 3, an underside view with seed-throwing arms and mechanism for driving same and frame for supporting said driving mechanism removed; Fig. 4, a vertical section ofthe seeding-machine on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a detail in plan view of the center plate with one of the grain-throwing arms attached.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

A is the bottom of the hopper or seed-receptacle and is preferably an elongated rectangle in general shape with concaved inner and con! vexed outer ends, although thisvshape may be departed from, if desired. This bottom will be made from any suitable material, preferably wood, and at the middle of its side will have a circular opening o', passing through the bottom, leading into which from above is the hoppered or countersunk portion a'. The sack S is tacked to the edge of this rectangular bottom, and the seed-throwing mechanism is attached to the under side of the latter. The curved board A' at the concave end of the bottom is for the purpose of a bearing'- board against the body of the operator.

Secured to the under side of the bottom A at the opening a therethrough is plate B,

larger in diameter than the said opening a, and formed through the plate is the opening b of somewhat less than a semicircle in order to leave ample metal at the center of the plate to form a bearing for the spindle carrying the seed-throwing arms. This opening b is large enough to aord the maximum opening required, and for discharges less than this maximum I provide an adjustable cut-off D, comprising a plate hinged at one end d to an integral extension of the plate B and extending thence across the plate B and a suitable distance beyond the edge of the bottom, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The Aplate B has an integral extension b2, which turns and projects laterally of the bottom Ato provide an attachment for the handle C. This extensionbar h2 has an upper side lug b3 with a perforation through which passes a controlling-rod d2, which is pivotally attached to the end of the cut-oit D. The rod dz is provided with a handle cl3 and is within easy reach and control of the operators hand at handle C. The discharge-opening in plate B is changed in size by shifting the cut-off D. The lug 117 on the under side of plate B stops the movementof the plate B in the direction to close the outlet.

E is a bar secured to the side edge of the bottom A. It projects laterally below the bottom A and is 'slotted longitudinally. The projected end of the cut-off D is passed through this slot, the slotted bar E thus forming a support and guide therefor. l

F is an adjustable stop which can be set to block the throw of the cut-oli? D at any fractional part of the length of the slot in said bar E, thereby fixing the size of the opening in plate B. The stop is set by means of the bolt .and nut f.

Parallel with the bottom A and suitably below it to allow of the placing of the seed throwing arms between it and said bottom is a bar forming the horizontal member of a frame G, and at suitable distances to afford ample clearance for the rotation of the arms between them are the integral posts g g', which attach to the bottom A. The horizontal bar or member of the frame G has a downwardly-projected hanger g with bearing to support a crank-shaft h, having crank h at one end and the wheel H, with side coge, at

the other, thelatter Wheel being adjacent to" said hanger. i A Y Y J is the spindle orshaft carrying the seedthrowing arms previously referred to. Its lower end is seated in a socket in the horizontal member of the 4frame G and its upper 'end passes through the opening provided for it in the plate B. linj on the lower side of plate B and pin j on the upper side of said plate prevent the displacement of the spindle, and the pin 7" serves the additional purpose of acting as an agitator tostir up the seed and force it down through the opening.

Mounted on the shaft J is the horizontal plate l, having on the under side a pinion l', the v teeth ofthe latter meshing with the teeth ofthe vvlieel II, `and integral yvvith the upper Side said plate is the hub l2. Extending 011 tangente with this heb and secured upon' the plate iie a plurality of seed-throwing ari-ris L, one er which is shown in position in Fig: The plate is provided with marginal i iarigilfs'7'B between the arms, which help to make the arms secure and also keep the grain froth discharging from the arms too near their bass'.

The grain falling through the bottom A iii regulated quantity upon the bases of the arms is thrown out by centrifugal force induced bythe rapid rotation of the arms. This rotary movement is produced by turning the crani h', l'which rotates the Wheel H, thereby actuating the pinion Z', which is a partof the bottom on the otherside of the platefiom its pivotal attachment, said vcut-od regulating the size of the discharge through said plate, seed-throwing arms radiating from a revolving plate, a frame secured at either end to the receptacle-bottom on opposite sides of the circle of rotation of the arms said frame passing under the said arms and supporting the plate which carries them, and means for rotating the revolving plate and arms, substantially as described and shown.

2; In a `hand seeding-machine, a seed-receptacle having a rectangular bottom With a centralfunnelshaped outlet, a plate under said bottom having'an opening and closing the outlet save for the opening in the plate, a cut-olf pivotally secured at one side of the plate and projecting beyond the receptaclebottom from the side :opposite the pivotal attachment, a handle-bar having a handle projected from the same side of the receptaclebottom, a bar fixed longitudinally of the edge of the bottom and having a longitudinal slot through which the cnt-oft is projected, an ad= justable stop in said slot, a rod pivotally attached to the projecting end of the 'cut-off and passing through an eye `on the handlebar, a frame supported at either end from the under side of the bottom, a plate having radial seed-throwing arms supported by said frame and located between the frame and bottom, a pinion attached to the plate and a crank-shaft supported by a hanger from said frame and having a hand-crank at one end and a toothed wheel at the other to engage the pinion, all substantially as described and shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 24th day of October, Al. D. 1900, Y

JAMES A. EVERITT. [Ll s] Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. ,MINTURM JOHN B. J. FENTON. 

